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J. G. WILSON.

GATE.

No. 325,468. Patented Sept. 1, 1885.

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PATENT JOHN G. WILSON, OF CAMERON, TEXAS.

GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 325,468, dated September 1, 1885.

Application filed July 8, 18%. (No model.)

T 0 all whom it may concern;

Be it known that 1, JOHN G. WILSON, of Cameron, in the county of Milani and State of Texas, have invented a new and Improved Gate, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved farm-gate which can be opened from either side by a person on horseback or in a vehicle, or by a pedestrian.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure l is a plan view of my improved gate. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal elevation of the same.

The gate A may be made of wood, metal, or any other suitable material. It is hung on a post, B, and at its free edge it is provided with a lifting-latch, O, projecting beyond the said edge, and adapted to catch in a notch, a, in the middle of a vertical plate, D, secured on a post, E, opposite the post B, the top edges of the plate D being beveled downward in opposite directions from the central notch, a. When the gate is closed, it extends from the post B to the post E, and the latch G rests in the notch a in the plate D, thus keepin the gate closed. p

On each side of the post B a post, F, is an ranged, from each of which posts a beveled prong, G, projects,which prongs are provided at their inner ends with notches for receiving the latch G on the gate, and thus holding the gate open. The gate is hung at its lower end by a hook-prong, d, passing into an eye, 9, which prong cl projects from the gate; and at its upper end it is provided with an upwardlyprojecting prong, Z, which passes through a triangular frame, H, projecting from the gatepost B in the direction toward the post E, which prongl also passes through a longitudinal slot, 71, in one arm of a cross-shaped lever, J, pivoted centrally on the top of the post 13.

That arm of the cross J opposite the one provided with the longitudinal slot his connected by two connecting-rods, 1,with levers .L, pivoted on posts M a greater orless distance from the posts F, and the outer end of the slotted arm of the cross-shaped leverJ is connected by rods K with the opposite ends of the levers L. The ends of the arms at right angles to the slotted arm of the cross-shaped lever J are connected by rods N with a lever, O, pivoted on a post, P, in line with the posts B E, and a greater or less distance from the post B.

WVhen the gate is closed, the latch rests in the notch a in the plate D on the post'E, and the slotted arm of the cross-shaped lever J is parallel with the gate. The prong Z, projecting upward from the gate, is at the outer point of the triangular frame Hthat is, it is notin a verticalline with the hook-prong cZ-and the top edge of the gate will be slightly inclined toward the post E, thus keeping the latch O in the notch a.

The operation of the gate is as follows: If it is desired to drive through the gate from east to west or east to south, the gate may be thrown (by pulling or pushing the right-hand lever L) from the catch-plate D to either of the catch-plates on posts F; but if it is desired to pass through the gate from east to north,

the right-hand lever L is pulled to throw the gate to the right-hand post F. Reverse movement on the opposite lever L or the lever 0 will cause the gate to be swung to its normal position at the post In whatever direction a driver wishes to turn after passing through the gate, said gate may be swung by one of the levers to a position where it will not inter fere with the vehicle. Of course pedestrians need only raise the latch G.

The wires, or the ropes or cables which may be used in place of the same, must bearranged at such an elevation above the ground that loaded vehicles, 8m, can easily pass under said wires when the direction of the road is such as to require it.

In practice the rods K, K, and N will be elevated by suitable means to allow vehicles and horses to pass thereunder.

I prefer to raise the wires by elevating the posts B F F, as shown in Fig. 2, and connecting the wires K K with two pivoted crosspieces mounted on the posts F F, so that the wires will incline from said posts down to the levers L within reach of the driver or horseman.

I am aware that it is not new to operate a ICO gate and its latch by wires from levers mounted on posts on opposite sides of the gate, and that said Wires have been connected with two arms of a cruciform lever, the two remaining arms of said lever being connected to a lever mounted on a post on a cross-road to operate the gate and its latch therefrom, and I do not claim this as of my invention.

Having thus described my invention,l'claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The combination, with a pivoted gate having an upwardly-projecting prong, l, at its pivoted end, of the triangular frame H on the gate-post, the cross-shaped lever J, having a slotted arm, the pivoted levers L, the rods K K, connecting the levers L with two arms of the lever J, the pivoted lever O, and the rods N N, connecting the same with the D, the pivoted cross-shaped lever J, the levers L, the rods K K, connecting two arms of the lever J with the levers L, the pivoted lever O, and the rods N, connecting the same with the other arms of cross-shaped lever J, substantial] y as herein shown and described.

JOHN G. WILSON.

\Vitnesses:

M. ZELLNER, O. P. WILKERsON. 

